abbesses

noun

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.

(archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

Roots

abbaabb- · Aramaic · father

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